Name: Yersinia enterocolitica (Schleifstein and Coleman 1939) Frederiksen 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacterium enterocoliticum" Schleifstein and Coleman 1939

Etymology: Gr. n. enteron, intestine; Gr. n. kolon, colon; Gr. suff. -tikos -ê -on, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. fem. adj. enterocolitica, pertaining to the intestine and colon

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 9610; CCUG 11291; CCUG 12369; CIP 80.27; DSM 4780; JCM 7577; LMG 7899; NCTC 12982

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ639645 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Frederiksen W. A study of some Yersinia pseudotuberculosis-like bacteria (Bacterium enterocoliticum and Pasteurella X). Proceedings of the XIV Scandinavian Congress of Pathology and Microbiology, Oslo 1964. Norwegian Universities Press, Oslo, 1964.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Bacterium enterocoliticum" Schleifstein and Coleman 1939	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Yersinia enterocolitica subsp. enterocolitica (Schleifstein and Coleman 1939) Neubauer et al. 2000	validly published	correct name
    Yersinia enterocolitica subsp. palearctica Neubauer et al. 2000	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Yersinia van Loghem 1944 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Frederiksen W. A study of some Yersinia pseudotuberculosis-like bacteria (Bacterium enterocoliticum and Pasteurella X). Proceedings of the XIV Scandinavian Congress of Pathology and Microbiology, Oslo 1964. Norwegian Universities Press, Oslo, 1964.

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